Public Awareness

Social Media

Mass and electronic media are key components of joint communication, outreach and public awareness. In addition to traditional effective means of communication, such as media events, press releases and public appearances, new social media now play a growing part in outreach.

BRS MEAS is the new photo gallery of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions on Flickr, the latest addition to the conventions’ panoply of social media services.

The BRS MEAS collection consists of more than 1,200 photographic images taken by the Secretariat and organized into 20 thematic Albums covering the 2011 and 2013 conferences of the parties, the 2012 meetings of the POPs Review Committee and Chemical Review Committee.

Original photographs of the Office of the United Nations in Geneva – the European headquarters of the UN at the Palais des Nations – the 2013 United Nations University E-Waste Academy and electronic wastes, the Body Burden and Basel Waste Solutions Circle posters series, and a variety of special events – round out the collection.

Prior written permission from the Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions is required to reproduce the conventions’ photographs in printed, electronic or other formats. To apply for permission, please contact Ms. Digna Francisco, focal point, brand management, digna.francisco@brsmeas.org.

Written permission is not required for reproduction of photo material as allowed by statutory exemptions (e.g. UN-affiliated non-governmental organizations and United Nations Associations, UN system organizations, including Specialized Agencies) or Fair Use (Fair Use applies solely to scholarly, academic, non-profit, or journalistic use of properly credited Conventions photos).

POPsSocial, the new social networking platform of the Stockholm clearing-house mechanism , has been designed to serve both the need for accountability and for innovation.

POPsSocial enables users to register within specific online groups (social networks) on themes mandated by the Parties to the conventions. Some of these networks are formal ("by invitation only"), such as the POPs Review Committee or the PCB Elimination Network Advisory Committee.